The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: The Convention on the transboundary effects of industrial accidents of the article 1. 17 March 1992 Convention on the transboundary effects of industrial accidents (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) with this law is accepted and approved.
2. article. The competent national authorities in accordance with article 17 of the Convention, the first paragraph is a Ministry of the environment, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of welfare, the Ministry of health and the Ministry of transportation (the Ministry competence).
3. article. Ministry of the environment under article 4 of the Convention, the first paragraph shall inform the party or parties on any planned or implemented the hazardous activities, subject to the requirements of the Convention.
4. article. State fire and rescue service in accordance with Convention article 10 and 12, to the satisfaction of industrial accident notification and mutual assistance communication.
5. article. The Convention shall enter into force on the 30th for the period specified in article and in order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the newspaper "journal".
6. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. With the law put the Convention in English and its translation into Latvian language.
The law adopted by the Parliament in 2004 on April 7.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga 2004 April 23 editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on 24 April 2004.
CONVENTION ON the TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL accidents preamble the parties to this Convention, Mindful of the special importanc, in the interest of present and future generations, of protecting the human being and the environment against the effects of industrial accidents, Recognizing the urgency of importanc and preventing serious adverse effects of industrial accidents on human being and the environment, and of promoting all of that "the rational stimulat , economic and efficient use of preventive, preparedness and response measure to enable environmentally sound and sustainable economics development, Taking into account the fact that the effects of industrial accidents may make themselves felt across borders, and require cooperation among States, Affirming the need to promote active international cooperation among the States concerned before, during and after an accident, to enhance appropriate policies and the reinforc and line action at all appropriate levels for promoting the prevention of , preparedness for and response to the transboundary effects of industrial accidents, Noting the importanc and usefulness of bilateral and multilaterals arrangements for the prevention of, preparedness for and response to the effects of industrial accidents, conscious of the role played in this respect by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and recalling, inter alia, the ECE code of conduct on Accidental Pollution of Transboundary Inland waters and the Convention on Environmental impact assessment in a Transboundary context , Having regard to the relevant provision of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the representatives of the Participating States of the CSCE, and the outcome of the Sofia Meeting on the protection of the environment of the CSC, as well as to the activities and mechanisms pertinen in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in particular the APELL programme, in the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in particular the code of practice on the prevention of Major Industrial accidents, and in other relevant international organisations, to Considering the provision of the pertinen Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, and in particular principle 21, according to which States have, in accordanc with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law , the sovereign right to exploit their own resources to their own pursuan environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensur that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, Taking account of the polluter-pays principle as a general principle of international environmental law, Underlining the principles of international law and custom in particular, the principles of good-ighbourlines not, reciprocity, non-discrimination and good faith, have agreed as follows: article 1 DEFINITION For the purpose of this Convention, (a) "industrial accident" means an event resulting from an uncontrolled development in the course of any activity involving hazardous substances either: (i) in an installation, for example during manufacture, use, storage, handling, or disposal; or (ii) during transportation in so far as it is covered by paragraph 2 (d) of article 2 (b) "hazardous activity" means any activity in which one or more hazardous substances are present or may be present in a quantit at or in excess of the threshold listed in Annexe I of the heret quantit to, and which is capable of causing transboundary effects;
(c) "effects" means any direct or indirect, immediate or delayed adverse consequences caused by an industrial accident on, inter alia: (i) human being, flora and fauna;
(ii) soil, water, air and landscape;
(iii) the interaction between the factors in (i) and (ii);
(iv) material assets and cultural heritage, including historical monument;
(d) ' transboundary effects ' means serious effects within the jurisdiction of a Party as a result of an industrial accident occurring within the jurisdiction of another Party;
(e) "operator" means any natural or legal person, including public authorities, in charge of an activity, e.g. supervising, planning to carry out or carrying out an activity;
(f) "Party" means, unless the text otherwise indicates, a Contracting Party to this Convention,;
(g) "Party of origin" means any Party or parties under whose jurisdiction an industrial accident occure or is capable of occurring;
(h) "affected Party" means any Party or parties affected or capable of being affected by transboundary effects of an industrial accident;
(i) "parties concerned" means any Party of origin and any affected Party;
(j) "the public" means one or more natural or legal persons.
Article 2 scope this Convention shall apply 1 to the prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial accidents capable of causing transboundary effects, including the effects of such accidents caused by natural disaster, and to international cooperation concerning mutual assistance, research and development, exchange of information and exchange of technology in the area of prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial accidents.
2. This Convention shall not apply to: (a) nuclear accidents or radiological emergencies;
(b) accidents at military installation;
(c) dam failures, with the exception of the effects of industrial accidents caused by such failures;
(d) land-based transport accidents with the exception of: (i) emergency response to such accidents;
(ii) transportation on the site of the hazardous activity;
(e) accidental release of genetically modified organisms;
(f) accidents caused by activities in the marine environment, including seabed exploration or exploitation;
(g) spill of oil or other harmful substances at sea.
Article 3 GENERAL PROVISION 1. The Parties shall, taking into account efforts already made at national and international levels, take appropriate measure and cooperate within the framework of the of the Convention, to protect the human being and the environment against industrial accidents by preventing such accidents as far as possible, by reducing their frequency and severity and by mitigating their effects. To this end, preventive, preparedness and response measure, including restoration measure, shall be applied.
2. The Parties shall, by means of exchange of information, consultation and other cooperative measure and without delay, develop the undu and implementations that policies and strategies for reducing the risks of industrial accidents and improving preventive, preparedness and response measure, including restoration measure, taking into account, in order to avoid unnecessary duplication, efforts already made at national and international level.
3. The Parties shall ensur that the operator is obliged to take all measure not cessary for the safe performance of the hazardous activity and for the prevention of industrial accidents.
4. the provision of The implementations of this Convention, the Parties shall take appropriate legislative, regulatory, administrative and financial measure for the prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial accidents.
5. The provision of this Convention shall not prejudice any obligations of the parties under international law with regard to industrial accidents and hazardous activities.
Article 4 IDENTIFICATION, CONSULTATION AND advice 1. For the purpose of undertaking the preventive measure and setting up preparedness measure, the Party of origin shall take the measure, as appropriate, to identify hazardous activities within its jurisdiction and to ensur that affected parties are notified of any such proposed or existing activity.
2. the parties concerned shall, at the initiative of any such Party, enter into discussions on the identification of those hazardous activities that are, reasonably, capable of causing transboundary effects. If the parties concerned do not agree on an activity is such a whethers hazardous activity, any such Party may, unless the parties concerned agree on another method of resolving the question, submit that question to an inquiry commission in accordanc with the provision of Annex II of the heret for advice,

3. The Parties shall, with respect to proposed or existing hazardous activities, apply the procedures set out in Annex III of the heret.
4. When a hazardous activity is subject to an environmental impact assessment in accordanc with the Convention on Environmental impact assessment in a Transboundary context and that assessment includes an evaluation of the transboundary effects of industrial accidents from the hazardous activity which is performed in conformity with the terms of this Convention, the final decision taken for the purpose of the Convention on Environmental impact assessment in a Transboundary context shall fulfil the relevant requirements of this Convention.
Article 5 VOLUNTARY EXTENSION parties concerned should, at the initiative of any of them, enter into discussions on the treat an activity not whethers covered by Annex I as a hazardous activity. Upon mutual agreement, they may use an advisory mechanism of their choice, or an inquiry commission in accordanc with Annexe II, to advise them. Where the parties concerned so agree, this Convention, or any part thereof, shall apply to the activity in question as if it were a hazardous activity.
Article 6 PREVENTION 1. The Parties shall take the appropriate measure for the prevention of industrial accidents, including the measure to induce action by operators to reduce the risk of industrial accidents. Such measure of may include, but are not limited to those referred to in Annex IV of the heret.
2. With regard to any hazardous activity, the Party of origin shall require the operator to demonstrates the safe performance of the hazardous activity by the provision of information such as basic details of the process, including but not limited to, analysis and evaluation as detailed in Annex V of the heret.
Article 7 DECISION-MAKING ON SITING Within the framework of its legal system, the Party of origin shall, with the objective of minimizing the risk to the population and the environment of all affected parties, seek the establishment of policies on the sitting of new hazardous activities and on significant modifications to existing hazardous activities. Within the framework of their legal systems, the affected parties shall seek the establishment of policies on significant developments in the areas which could be affected by transboundary effects of an industrial accident arising out of a hazardous activity so as to the minimis risk involved. In elaborating and establishing these policies, the parties should consider the matters set out in Annex V, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1 to 8, and Annex VI of the heret.
Article 8 EMERGENCY preparedness 1. The Parties shall take appropriate measure to establish and maintain an emergency preparedness adequat it responds to industrial accidents. The Parties shall ensur that preparedness measure taken by the transboundary effects of the mitigat such accidents, on-site duties being undertaken by the operator. These may include the measure, but are not limited to those referred to in Annex VII of the heret. In particular, the parties concerned shall inform each other of their contingency plans.
2. The Party of origin shall ensur for hazardous activities the preparation and implementation of on-site contingency plans, including a measure for suitabl response and others measure to prevent the transboundary effects and minimis. The Party of origin shall provide to the other parties concerned the elements it has for the elaborations of the contingency plans.
3. Each Party shall ensur for hazardous activities the preparation and implementation of off-site contingency plans covering measure to be taken within it of the territory to prevent the transboundary effects and minimis. In preparing these plans, account shall be taken of the conclusions of analysis and evaluation, in particular the matters set out in Annex V, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1 the parties concerned shall 5. endeavour to make such plans compatible. Where appropriate, joint off-site contingency plans shall be drawn up in order to facilitat the adoption of adequat response measure.
4. Contingency plans should be reviewed regularly, or when so require, of taking circumstanc into account the experience gained in dealing with actual emergencies.
Article 9 INFORMATION TO, AND PARTICIPATION OF the PUBLIC 1. The Parties shall ensur that adequat information is given to the public in the areas capable of being affected by an industrial accident arising out of a hazardous activity. This information shall be transmitted through such channels as the parties take appropriate, shall include de the element in Annex VIII of the heret led and should take into account the matters set out in Annex V, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1 to 4 and 9. The Party of origin shall, in accordanc with the provision of this Convention and whenever possible and appropriate, give the public in the areas capable of being affected an opportunity to participat in relevant procedures with the aim of making known its views and concerns on prevention and preparedness measure, and shall ensur that the opportunity given to the public of the affected Party is equivalent to that given to the public of the Party of origin.
3. The Parties shall, in accordanc with their legal systems and, if desired, on a reciprocal basis provide natural or legal persons who are being or are capable of being adversely affected by the transboundary effects of an industrial accident in the territory of a Party, with access to, and treatment in the relevant administrative and judicial proceedings, including the possibilities of starting a legal action and appealing a decision their rights regimes , equivalent to those available to persons within their own jurisdiction.
Article 10 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION systems 1. The Parties shall, with the aim of obtaining and transmitting industrial accident notifications containing information needed to counterac the transboundary effects, provide for the establishment and operation of compatible and efficient industrial accident notification systems at appropriate levels.
2. In the event of an industrial accident, or the threat thereof, imminen which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects, the Party of origin shall ensur that affected parties are, without delay, notified at appropriate levels through the industrial accident notification systems. Such notification shall include the elements in Annex IX of the heret led.
3. The parties concerned shall ensur that, in the event of an industrial accident or a threat thereof, imminen the contingency plans prepared in accordanc with article 8 as soon as possible with an activated and to the exten the appropriate to the circumstanc.
Article 11 response 1. The Parties shall ensur that, in the event of an industrial accident, or the threat thereof, adequat imminen response measure taken by, as soon as possible and using the most efficient practices, to contain and minimis effects.
2. In the event of an industrial accident, or the threat thereof, imminen which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects, the parties concerned shall ensur that the effects are assessed-where appropriate, jointly for the purpose of taking adequat response measure. The parties concerned shall endeavour to measure line is their response.
Article 12 MUTUAL assistance 1. If a Party needs assistance in the event of an industrial accident, it may ask for assistance from other parties, indicating the scope and type of assistance required. (A) a Party to whom a request for assistance is directed shall promptly decide and inform the requesting Party whethers it is in a position to render the assistance required and indicates the scope and terms of the assistance that might be rendered.
2. The parties concerned shall cooperage to facilitat the prompt provision of assistance agreed to under paragraph 1 of this article, including, where appropriate, action to minimis the consequences and effects of the industrial accident, and to provide general assistance. Where parties do not have bilateral agreements which cover their multilaterals or arrangements for providing mutual assistance, the assistance shall be rendered in accordanc with Annex X of the heret, unless the parties agree otherwise.
Article 13 RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY the Parties shall support appropriate international efforts to elaborat rules, criteria and procedures in the field of responsibility and liability.
Article 14 RESEARCH AND development the Parties shall, as appropriate, the initiat and cooperate in the conduct of research into, and in the development of methods and technologies for the prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial accidents. For these purpose, the Parties shall actively promote encourag and scientific and technological cooperation, including research into less hazardous processes aimed at limiting accident hazard and preventing and limiting the consequences of industrial accidents.
Article 15 Exchange OF INFORMATION the Parties shall, at the bilateral level, Exchange multilaterals or reasonably obtainabl information, including the elements in Annex XI of the heret led.
Article 16 Exchange OF TECHNOLOGY 1. The Parties shall, consistent with their laws, regulations and practices, the exchange of facilitat technology for the prevention of, preparedness for and response to the effects of industrial accidents, particularly through the promotion of: (a) exchange of available technology on various financial bases;
(b) direct industrial contacts and cooperation;
(c) exchange of information and experience;
(d) provision of technical assistance.
2. In promoting the activities specified in paragraph 1, subparagraph (a) to (d) of this article, the Parties shall create the conditions by facilitating favourabl contacts and cooperation among appropriate organisations and individual in both the private and the public sector that are capable of providing technology, design and engineering services, equipment or finance.

Article 17 the COMPETENT authorities AND points OF contact 1. Each Party shall establish or one designat or more competent authorities for the purpose to of this Convention.
2. Without prejudice to other arrangements at the bilateral level, each Party shall or multilaterals designat or establish one point of contact for the purpose of industrial accident notifications pursuan to article 10, and one point of contact for the purpose of mutual assistance article 12 it pursuan these points of contact should preferably be the same.
3. Each Party shall, within three months of the date of entry into force of this Convention for that Party, inform the other parties, through the Secretariat referred to in article 20, which body or bodies it has designated as its point (s) of contact and as its competent authority or authorities.
4. Each Party shall, within one month of the date of decision, inform the other parties, through the Secretariat, of any changes regarding the designation (s) it has made under paragraph 3 of this article.
5. Each Party shall keep its point of contact and industrial accident notification systems pursuan to article 10 operational at all times.
6. Each Party shall keep its point of contact and the authorities responsible for making and receiving requests for, and accepting offers of assistance article 12 operational pursuan to it at all times.
Article 18 Conference OF the parties 1. The representatives of the Parties shall constitut the Conference of the parties of this Convention and hold their meetings on a regular basis. The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall be convened not later than one year after the date of the entry into force of this Convention. Thereafter, a meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall be held at least once a year or at the written request of any Party, provided that, within six months of the request being communicated to them by the Secretariat, it is supported by at least one third of the parties.
2. The Conference of the Parties shall: (a) review the implementation of this Convention;
(b) carry out advisory functions aimed at strengthening the ability of parties to prevent, prepare for and responds to the transboundary effects of industrial accidents, and at facilitating the provision of technical assistance and advice at the request of parties faced with industrial accidents;
(c) establish, as appropriate, working groups and other appropriate mechanisms to consider matters related to the implementation and development of this Convention and, to this end, to prepare appropriate studies and other documentation and submit recommendations for considerations by the Conference of the parties;
(d) fulfil such other functions as may be appropriate under the provision of this Convention;
(e) at its first meeting, consider and, by consensus, rules of procedure adop for its meetings.
3. The Conference of the parties, in discharging its functions, shall, when it is appropriate, deemas also cooperate with other relevant international organisations.
4. The Conference of the Parties shall, at its first meeting, establish a programme of work, in particular with regards to the items in Annex XII of the heret led. The Conference of the Parties shall also decide on the method of work, including the use of national centres and cooperation with relevant international organisations and the establishment of a system with a view to facilitating the implementation of this Convention, in particular for mutual assistance in the event of an industrial accident, and building upon the existing activities within pertinen relevant international organisations. As part of the programme of work, the Conference of the Parties shall review existing national, regional and international centres, and other bodies and programmes aimed at coordinating information and efforts in the prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial accidents, with a view to determining what additional international institutions or centres may be needed to carry out the tasks listed in Annex XII. 5. The Conference of the Parties shall, at its first meeting, the considerations of the procedures it commenc create more favourabl condition for the exchange of technology for the prevention of, preparedness for and response to the effects of industrial accidents.
6. The Conference of the Parties shall adop guidelines and criteria for the identification of the facilitat hazardous activities for the purpose of this Convention.
Article 19 right TO vote 1. Except as provided for in paragraph 2 of this article, each Party to this Convention shall have one vote.
2. Regional economic integration organisations as defined in article 27 shall, in matters within their competence, exercise their right to vote with a number of votes equal to the number of their member States which are parties to this Convention. Such organisations shall not exercise their right to vote if their member States exercise their will, and vice versa.
Article 20 Secretariat the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe shall carry out the following secretariat functions: (a) prepare conven and meetings of the parties;
(b) transmit to the parties reports and other information received in accordanc with the provision of this Convention;
(c) such other functions as may be determined by the parties.
Article 21 settlement OF DISPUTE 1. If a dispute between two of the «arise or more parties about the interpretation or application of this Convention, they shall seek a solution by negotiation or by any other method of dispute settlement acceptabl to the parties to the dispute.
2. When signing, ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention, or at any time thereafter, a Party may declare in writing to the Depository that, for a dispute not resolved in accordanc with paragraph 1 of this article, it will accept one or both of the following means of dispute settlement as compulsory in relations to any Party accepting the same obligation : (a) submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice;
(b) arbitration in accordanc with the procedure set out in Annex XIII of the heret.
3. If the parties to the dispute have accepted both means of dispute settlement referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, the dispute may be submitted only to the International Court of Justice, unless the parties to the dispute agree otherwise.
Article 22 limitations ON the SUPPLY OF INFORMATION 1. The provision of this Convention shall not be affec the rights or the obligations of parties in accordanc with their national laws, regulations, administrative provision or accepted legal practices and applicable international regulations to protect information related to personal data, industrial and commercial secrecy, including intellectual property, or national security.
2. If a Party does not decide vertheles to supply such protected information to another Party, the Party receiving such protected information shall respect the confidentiality of the information received and the conditions under which it is supplied, and shall only use that information for the purpose for which it was supplied.
Article 23 IMPLEMENTATION the Parties shall report periodically on the implementation of this Convention.
Article 24 BILATERAL AND MULTILATERALS agreements 1. The parties may, in order to their obligation under the implementations that this Convention, continue existing or enter into new bilateral agreements or arrangements or other multilaterals.
2. The provision of this Convention shall not be affec the right of parties to take, by bilateral agreement or multilaterals where appropriate, more than those of the stringen measure required by this Convention.
Article 25 ANNEX status OF the Annex to this Convention form an integral part of the Convention.
Article 26 AMENDMENTS TO the CONVENTION 1 Any Party may-proposes amendments. to this Convention.
2. The text of any proposed amendment to this Convention shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, who shall circulate it to all parties. The Conference of the Parties shall discuss the amendments it reposed at next annual meeting, provided that such proposals have been circulated to the parties by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe at least ninety days in advance.
3. For amendments to this Convention-other than those to Annex I, for which the procedure is described in paragraph 4 of this article: (a) amendments shall be adopted by a consensus of the Parties present at the meeting and shall be submitted by the Depository to all parties for ratification, acceptance or approval;
(b) instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of amendments shall be deposited with the Depository of be. The amendments adopted in accordanc with this article shall enter into force for parties that have accepted them on the 90th day following the day of receipt by the Depository of the 16th instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval;
(c) thereafter, amendments shall enter into force for for any other Party on the 90th day after that Party deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of the amendments.
4. For amendments to Annex i: (a) the Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement by consensus. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted and no agreement reached, the amendments shall, as a last resort, be adopted by a majority of the nine-tenth vote of the Parties present and voting at the meeting. If adopted by the Conference of the parties, the amendments shall be communicated by it to the parties and recommended for approval;

(b) on the expiry of 12 months from the date of their communication by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, the amendments to Annex I shall become effective for those parties to this Convention which have not submitted a notification in accordanc with the provision of paragraph 4 (c) of this article, provided that at least 16 Parties have not submitted such a notification;
(c) any Party that is unable to approve an amendment to Annex I of this Convention shall so notify the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe in writing within 12 months from the date of the communication of the adoption. The Executive Secretary shall without delay notify all parties of any such notification received. A Party may at any time substitute an acceptance for its previous notification and the amendment shall thereupon enter the Annex I into force for that Party.
(d) for the purpose of this paragraph ' parties present and voting "means Parties present and casting an affirmativ or negative vote.
Article 27 signature this Convention shall be open for signature at Helsinki from 17 to 18 March 1992 inclusive, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 18 September 1992, by States members of the Economic Commission for Europe, as well as States having consultative status with the Economic Commission for Europe to the paragraph 8 of pursuan Economic and Social Council resolution 36 (IV) of 28 March 1947 , and by regional economic integration organisations constituted by sovereign States members of the Economic Commission for Europe to which their member States have transferred competence in respect of matters governed by this Convention, including the competence to enter into the treats in respect of these matters.
Article 28 DEPOSITARY the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall act as the Depository of this Convention.
Article 29 RATIFICATION, acceptance, APPROVAL AND ACCESSION 1 this Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States and regional economic integration organisations referred to in article 27 shall be 2 this Convention open for accession by the States and organisations referred to in article 27 Any organisation referred to 3 in the article 27 which become Party to this Convention of without any of its member States being a Party shall be bound by all the obligations of under this Convention. In the case of such organisations, one or more of whose member States is a Party to this Convention, the organisation and its member States shall decide on their respectiv has responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under this Convention. In such cases, the organisation and the member States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under this Convention concurrently.
4. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the regional economic integration organisations referred to in article 27 shall declare the exten of their competence with respect to the matters governed by this Convention. These organisations shall also inform the Depository of any substantial modification to the exten of their competence.
Article 30 ENTRY into force this Convention shall enter 1 into force on the 90th day after the date of deposit of the 16th instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this article, any instrument deposited by an organisation referred to in article 27 shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by States members of such an organisation.
3. For each State or organisation referred to in article 27 which ratif, accept or approve or accede of the this Convention after the deposit of the theret of the sixteenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, this Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day after the date of deposit by such State or organisation of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Article 31 WITHDRAWALS 1. At any time after three years from the date on which this Convention has come into force with respect to a Party, that Party may withdraw from this Convention by giving written notification to the Depository. Any such withdrawals shall take effect on the 90th day after the date of the receipt of the notification by the Depository.
2. Any such withdrawals shall not be affec the application of article 4 to an activity in respect of which a notification has been made to article 4 pursuan, paragraph 1, or a request for discussions has been made to article 4 pursuan, paragraph 2 article 32 AUTHENTIC texts the original of this Convention, of which the English, French and Russian texts are equally authentic , shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
In WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorised, have signed theret this Convention.
Done at Helsinki, this seventeenth day of March one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two.
Annex I hazardous substances FOR the PURPOSE OF DEFINING hazardous activities the quantit to set out below relate to each activity or group of activities. Where a range is given in on of the quantit I, the threshold quantit with the maximum given in each range to quantit. Five years after the entry into force of this Convention, the lowest quantity given in each range shall become the threshold quantity, unless is amended.
Where a substance or preparation named in part II also falls within a category in part I, the threshold quantity set out in part II shall be used.
For the identification of hazardous activities, Parties shall take into considerations the possibility of aggravation of the foreseeabl of the hazard involved and the quantit of to of the hazardous substances and their proximity, whethers under the charge of one or more operators.
On the categories of class I substances and preparation not specifically named in part II Category Threshold Quantity (tonnes) 1. Flammabl gas (1a) including LPG 200 2. flammabl liquid is a Highly (1b) 50.000 3. Very toxic (1 c) 20 4. Toxic (1 d) 500-200 5. Oxidizing (1e) 500-200 6. Explosive (1f) 200-50 7. Flammabl of liquid (1 g) (handled under special conditions of pressure and temperature) 200 8. Dangerous for the environment (1 h) 200 part II Named substance substance Threshold quantity (tonnes) of Ammonium 1.
(a) of 500 2. Honeywell selects (2) (b) of 2 500 Honeywell selects in the form of fertiliser (3) 10 000 3 200 4. a Chlorin of Acrylonitril. 25 5 Ethylen-oxide 50 6.. Hydrogen Hydrogen is the 20 7 cyanid. Hydrogen sulphid of fluorid 50 8.50 9.250 10. Sulphur Sulphur of the trioxid dioxid 75 11. Lead alkyl is 0.75-13.50 12. Phosgen Methyl-0.15 isocyanat notes Indicativ of the criteria (1).
In the absence of other appropriate criteria, parties may use the following criteria when classifying substances or preparation for the purpose of part I of this Annex: (a) gas Flammabl: substances which in the gaseo of the State at normal pressure and mixed with air become flammabl and the boiling point of which at normal pressure is 20 degrees C or below;
(b) Highly-liquid flammabl: substances which have a flash point lower than 21 degrees C and the boiling point of which at normal pressure is above 20 ° C; (c) Very toxic: substances with properties òàæó to those in table 1 or table 2 below, and which, to their physical and chemical properties Owings, the capable of creating industrial accident hazard.
Table 1 LD50 (oral) (1) LD50 (dermal) (2) (3) LC50 (inhalation) mg/1 mg/kg body weight in mg/kg body weight LD50 LD50 LC50 ² ² ² 50 0.5 25 (1) LD50 oral in the wheel (2) LD50 dermal in wheel or rabbit (3) LC50 by inhalation (four hours) in rats table 2 Discriminating dose mg/kg body weight where the acut < 5-oral toxicity in animals of the substance has been determined using the fixed-dose procedure.
(d) Toxic: substances with properties òàæó to those in table 3 or 4 and having physical and chemical properties capable of creating industrial accident hazard.
Table 3 LD50 (oral) (1) LD50 (dermal) (2) (3) mg/l LC50 (inhalation) mg/kg body weight in mg/kg body weight LD50 LC50 0.5 ² ² < 200 50 LD50 2 25 < < ² 400 (1) LD50 oral in the wheel (2) LD50 dermal in wheel or rabbit (3) LC50 by inhalation (four hours) in rats table 4 Discriminating dose mg/kg body weight = 5 where the oral toxicity of acut in animals of the substance has been determined using the fixed-dose procedure.
(e) Oxidizing: substances which give rise to highly exothermic reaction when in contact with other substances, particularly the flammabl substances;
(f) explosive: substances which may explode under the effect of flame or which are more sensitive to shock or friction than dinitrobenzen;
(g) the liquid Flammabl: substances which have a flash point lower than 55 ° C and which remain liquid under pressure, where particular processing conditions, such as high pressure and high temperature, may create industrial accident hazard;
(h) dangerous for the environment: substances showing the values for toxicity to the aquatic acut-environment òàæó to table 5. Table 5 LC50 EC50 (1) (2) (3) IC50 mg/l mg/l mg/l LC50 EC50 ² ² ² IC50 10 10 10 (1) LC50 fish (96 hours) (2) EC50 Daphnia (48 hours) (3) IC50 alga (72 hours), where the substance is not readily degradabl» , or the log Pow > 3.0 (unless the experimentally determined BCF 100 the 28% by weight, and of ammonium aqueo it solutions selects of the concentration of a where clause for Honeywell selects is 90% by weight. >

(3) this applies to straight ammonium for the fertiliser and it selects compound fertiliser where the nitrogen content derived from the ammonium medium selects is > 28% by weight (a compound fertiliser contains ammonium phosphate of selects together with and/or potash.
(4) the Mixtur and prepositions containing such substances shall be treated in the same way as the pure substances unless they no longer exhibit "of equivalent properties and are not capable of producing Transboundary effects.
Annex II INQUIRY COMMISSION procedure PURSUAN TO articles 4 AND 5 1. The requesting Party/Parties shall notify the Secretariat that it/they is (are) submitting questions (s) to an inquiry commission established in accordanc with the provision of this Annex. The notification shall state the subject-matter of the inquiry. The Secretariat shall immediately inform all parties to the Convention of this submission.
2. The inquiry commission shall consis of three members. Both the requesting party and the other party to the inquiry procedure shall be appoin a scientific or technical expert and the two experts so appointed shall by common agreement designat a third expert, who shall be the President of the inquiry commission. The latter shall not be a national of one of the parties to the inquiry procedure, nor have his or her usual place of residence in the territory of one of these parties, nor be employed by any of them, nor have to deal with the case in any other capacity.
3. If the President of the inquiry commission has not been designated within two months of the appointment of the second expert, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe shall, at the request of either party, designat the President within a further two-month period.
4. If one of the parties to the inquiry procedure does not an appoin expert within one month of its receipt of the notification by the Secretariat, the other party may inform the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, who shall designat the President of the inquiry commission within a further two-month period. Upon designation, the President of the inquiry commission shall request the party which has not appointed an expert to do so within one month. If it files to do so within that period, the President shall inform the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, who shall make this appointment within a further two-month period.
5. The inquiry commission shall adop a its own rules of procedure.
6. The inquiry commission may take all appropriate measure in order to carry out its functions.
7. The parties to the inquiry procedure shall facilitat the work of the inquiry commission and in particular shall, using all means at their disposal: (a) provide the inquiry commission with all relevant documents, facilities and information;
(b) enable the inquiry commission, where not, to call witness cessary or experts and receive their evidence.
8. The parties and the experts shall protect the confidentiality of any information they receive in confidence during the work of the inquiry commission.
9. If one of the parties to the inquiry procedure does not appear before the inquiry commission or file it in the present case, it is the other party may request the inquiry commission to continue the proceedings and to complete its work. Absence of a party or failure of a party to present its case shall not constitut a bar to the continuation and completion of the work of the inquiry commission.
10. Unless the inquiry commission's determin otherwise because of the particular Council of the matter, circumstanc at the expense of the inquiry commission, including the remuneration of its members, shall be borne equally by the parties to the inquiry procedure. The inquiry commission shall keep a record of all its expense and shall furnish a final statement thereof to the parties.
11. Any Party which has an interest of a factual nature in the subject-matter of the inquiry procedure, and which may be affected by an opinion in the matter may interven in the proceedings with the consent of the inquiry commission.
12. The decision of the inquiry commission on matters of procedure shall be taken by the majority of its votes by members. The final opinion of the inquiry commission shall reflec the view of the majority of its members and shall include any dissenting views.
13. The inquiry commission shall present its final opinion within two months of the date on which it was established, unless it finds it does not extend the cessary this time-limit for a period which should not two months exceeds 100.
14. The final opinion of the inquiry commission shall be based on accepted scientific principles. The final opinion shall be transmitted by the inquiry commission to the parties to the inquiry procedure and to the Secretariat.
Annex III PROCEDURE article 4 1 of the PURSUAN. (A) the Party of origin may request a consultation with another Party, in accordanc with paragraphs 2 to 5 of this Annex, in order to determin the whethers that Party is an affected Party.
2. For a proposed or existing hazardous activity, the Party of origin shall, for the purpose of ensuring effective consultation and adequat, provide for the notification at appropriate levels of any Party that it consider may be an affected Party as early as possible and no later than when informing its own public about that proposed or existing activity. For existing hazardous activities such notification shall be provided from later than two years after the entry into force of this for (a) the Party of origin.
3. The notification shall contain, inter alia: (a) information on the hazardous activity, including any available information or report, such as information produced in accordanc with article 6, on its possible transboundary effects in the event of an industrial accident;
(b) an indication of a reasonable time within which a response under paragraph 4 of this Annex is required, taking into account the nature of the activity;
and may include the information set out in paragraph 6 of this Annex.
4. The notified parties shall responds to the Party of origin within the time specified in the notification, acknowledging receipt of the notification and indicating they intends to enter into whethers consultation.
5. If a notified Party indicates that it does of note intends to enter into consultation, or if it does not responds within the time specified in the notification, the provision set down in the following paragraphs of this Annex shall not apply. In such circumstanc, the right of a Party of origin to determin the whethers to carry out an assessment and analysis on the basis of its national law and practice is not prejudiced.
6. Upon receipt of a response from a notified Party indicating its desire to enter into consultation, the Party of origin shall, if it has not already done so, provide to the notified Party: (a) relevant information regarding the time schedule for analysis, including an indication of the time schedule for the transmittal of comments;
(b) relevant information on the hazardous activity and its transboundary effects in the event of an industrial accident;
(c) the opportunity to participat in evaluations of the information or any report demonstrating possible transboundary effects.
7. An affected Party shall, at the request of the Party of origin, provide the latter with reasonably obtainabl information relating to the area under the jurisdiction of the affected Party capable of being affected, where such information is not cessary for the preparation of the assessment and analysis and measure. The information shall be furnished promptly and, as appropriate, through a joint body where one exists.
8. The Party of origin shall furnish the affected Party directly, as appropriate, or, where one exists, through a joint body with the analysis and evaluation documentation as described in Annex V, paragraphs 1 and 2.9. The parties concerned shall inform the public in areas reasonably capable of being affected by the hazardous activity and shall arrang for the distribution of the analysis and evaluation documentation to it and to authorities in the relevant area. The Parties shall ensur them an opportunity for making comments on, or objection to, the hazardous activity and shall arrang for their views to be submitted to the competent authority of the Party of origin, either directly to this authority or, where an appropriate, through the Party of origin, within a reasonable time.
10. The Party of origin shall, after completion of the analysis and evaluation documentation, enter without delay into the undu in consultation with the affected Party concerning, inter alia, the transboundary effects of the hazardous activity in the event of an industrial accident, and measure to reduce its effects by eliminat the or. The consultation may relate to: (a) possible alternatives to the hazardous activity, including the no-action alternative, and possible measure to the transboundary effects mitigat at the expense of the Party of origin;
(b) other forms of possible mutual assistance for reducing any transboundary effects;
(c) any other appropriate matters.
The parties concerned shall, on the of such consultation commencemen, agree on a reasonable time-frame for the duration of the consultation period. Any such consultation may be conducted through an appropriate joint body, where one exists.
11. The parties concerned shall ensur that due account is taken of the analysis and evaluation, as well as of the comments received to the paragraph 9 pursuan of this Annex and of the outcomes of the consultation is referred to in paragraph 10 of this Annex.
12. The Party of origin shall notify the affected parties of any decision on the activity, along with the reasons and considerations on which it was based.

13. If, after additional and relevant information concerning the transboundary effects of a hazardous activity and which was not available at the time of the consultation were held with respect to that activity, become available to the Party concerned, that Party a shall immediately inform the other Party or parties concerned. If one of the parties concerned so requests, shall be held in the renewed stands out among consultation.
Annex IV a PREVENTIVE MEASURE of their article 6 PURSUAN the following measure may be carried out for, depending on national laws and practices, by parties, competent authorities, the operators, or by joint efforts: 1. The setting of general or specific safety objective;
2. The adoption of a legislative provision or guidelines concerning safety measure and safety standards;
3. The identification of those hazardous activities which require special preventive measure, of which may include a licensing or authorization system;
4. The evaluation of risk analyses or of safety studies for hazardous activities and an action plan for the implementation of the measure; not cessary
5. The provision to the competent authorities to be of the information needed to assess risks;
6. The application of the most appropriate technology in order to prevent industrial accidents and protect human being and the environment;
7. The undertaking, in order to prevent industrial accidents, of the appropriate education and training of all persons engaged in hazardous activities on-site under both normal and abnormal conditions;
8. The establishment of internal managerial structures and practices designed to maintain safety regulations and implementations that effectively;
9. The monitoring and auditing of hazardous activities and the carrying out of inspection.
Annex V Analysis AND EVALUATION 1. The analysis and evaluation of the hazardous activity should be performed with a scope and to a depth which vary depending on the purpose for which they are carried out.
2. The following table, for the purpose of illustrat of the related articles, matters which should be considered in the analysis and evaluation, for the purpose of the listed: purpose of analysis matters to be considered Emergency planning 1. The quantit and properties of hazardous substances under article 8 on the site;

2. a Brief descriptive of the scenarios of a representative sample of industrial accidents possibly arising from the hazardous activity, including an indication of the likelihood of each;

3. For each scenario: a) the quantity of approximat release;

(b)) the exten and severity of the resulting consequences both for people and for the human environment in a favourabl and unfavourabl condition, including the resulting hazard zones exten of;

(c)) the time-scale within which the industrial accident could develop from the initiating event;

(d) any action which could be taken) to the likelihood of escalation minimis;

4. The size and distribution of the population in the vicinity, including any large concentration of people potentially in the hazard zone;

5. The age, mobility and susceptibility of that population.
Decision-making in In addition to items 1 to 5 above: siting under article 7 6. The severity of the harm inflicted on the people and the environment, depending on the nature and of the release of circumstanc;

7. The distance from the location of the hazardous activity at which harmful effects on people and the environment may reasonably occure in the event of industrial accident;

8. The same information not only for the present situation but also for planned or reasonably foreseeabl future developments.
Information to the public In addition to items 1 to 4 above under article 9 9. The people who may be affected by an industrial accident Preventive measure is In addition to the items 4 to 9 above, more detailed version of the under article 6 the descriptions and assessments set out in items 1 to 3 will be needed for a preventive measure. In addition to those descriptions and assessments, the following matters should also be covered: 10. The condition and in which hazardous materials to quantit with is handled;

11. A list of the scenarios for the types of industrial accidents with serious effects, to include the full range of covering examples of incident size and the possibility of effects from adjacent to the activities;

12. For each scenario, a description of the events which could initiat an industrial accident and the steps whereby it could escalate;

13. An assessment, at least in general, of the likelihood of each step occurring, taking into account the arrangements in 14;

14. (A) A description of the preventive measure is in terms of both equipment and procedures designed to the minimis likelihood of each step occurring 15. An assessment of the effects that deviations from normal operating conditions could have and the arrangements for consequen the safe shut down of the hazardous activity or any part therof in an emergency, and of the need for staff training to ensur that potentially serious deviations are recognised at an early appropriate action taken;

16. An assessment of the exten to which modification, repair work and maintenance work on the hazardous activity could place the control measure of risk, and the consequen at the subject to ensur that control is maintained.
Annex VI to DECISION-MAKING ON SITING PURSUAN TO article 7 the following illustrat the matters which should be considered pursuan to article 7:1. The results of the risk analysis and evaluation, including an evaluation of their Annex V pursuan of the physical characteristics of the area in which the hazardous activity is being planned;
2. The results of the consultation and public participation processes;
3. An analysis of the increase or decrease of the risk caused by any development in the territory of the affected Party in relations to an existing hazardous activity in the territory of the Party of origin;
4. The evaluation of the environmental risks, including any transboundary effects;
5. An evaluation of the new hazardous activities which could be a source of risk;
6. (A) the considerations of the siting of new, and significant modifications to existing hazardous activities at a safe distance from existing centres of population, as well as the establishment of a safety area around hazardous activities; within such areas, developments which would increase the population at risk, or otherwise increase the severity of the risk, should be closely examined.
Annex VII EMERGENCY preparedness MEASURE PURSUAN TO article 8 1 of. All contingency plans, both on-and off-site, should be coordinated to provide a comprehensive and effective response to industrial accidents.
2. The contingency plans should include the actions not the cessary localis-emergencies and to prevent or their Transboundary effects in minimis. They should also include arrangements for warning people and, where appropriate, the arrangements for their evacuation, other protective or rescue actions and health services.
3. Contingency plans should give on-site personnel, people who might be affected off site and rescue forces, details of technical and organisational procedures which with appropriate for response in the event of an industrial accident capable of having transboundary effects and to prevent and minimis effects on people and the environment, both on and off site.
4. Examples of matters which could be covered by on-site contingency plans include: (a) organisational roles and responsibilities on site for dealing with an emergency;
(b) a description of the action which should be taken in the event of an industrial accident, or an imminen the threat thereof, in order to control the condition or event, or details of where such a description can be found;
(c) a description of the equipment and resources available;
(d) arrangements for providing early warning of industrial accidents to the public authority responsible for the off-site emergency response, including the type of information which should be included in an initial warning and the arrangements for providing more detailed information as it's become available;
(e) arrangements for training personnel in the duties they will be expected to perform.
5. Examples of matters which could be covered by off-site contingency plans include: (a) organisational roles and responsibilities off site for dealing with an-emergency, including how integration with on-site plans is to be achieved;
(b) the methods and procedures to be followed by emergency and medical personnel;
(c) methods for rapidly determining the affected area;
(d) the arrangements for ensuring that prompt industrial accident notification is made to parties affected or potentially affected and that that Martin is maintained subsequently;
(e) identification of resources not to implementations that the cessary plan and the arrangements for co-ordination;
(f) arrangements for providing information to the public including, where appropriate, the arrangements for reinforcing and repeating the information provided to the public to their article 9; pursuan
(g) arrangements for training and exercises.
6. Contingency plans could include the measure for: treatment; collection; clean-up; storage; removal and safe disposal of hazardous substances and contaminated material; and restoration.
Annex VIII INFORMATION TO the PUBLIC to their article 9 1 PURSUAN. The name of the company, address of the hazardous activity and identification by position held of the person giving the information;
2. An explanation in simple terms of the hazardous activity, including the risk;
3. The common names or the generic names or the general danger classification of the substances and preparation to which are involved in the hazardous activity, with an indication of their principal dangerous characteristics.
4. General information resulting from an environmental impact assessment, if available and relevant;

5. The general information relating to the nature of an industrial accident that could possibly occure in the hazardous activity, including its potential effects on the population and the environment;
6. information on how the Adequat affected population will be warned and the skipper informed in the event of an industrial accident;
7. Adequat information on the actions the affected population should take and on the behaviour they should to adop in the event of an industrial accident;
8. information on the subject of Adequat made regarding the hazardous activity, including liason with the emergency services, to deal with industrial accidents, to reduce the severity of the industrial accidents and the effects of their "mitigat;
9. General information on the emergency services ' off-site contingency plan, drawn up to cope with any off-site effects, including the transboundary effects of an industrial accident;
10. General information on special requirements and conditions to which the hazardous activity is subject according to the relevant national regulations and/or administrative provision, including licensing authorisation systems;
11. Details of where further relevant information can be obtained.
Annex IX INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION systems PURSUAN TO article 10 1. The industrial accident notification systems shall enable the transmission of data on the possible speedies and forecasts according to previously determined codes using compatible data-transmission and data-treatment systems for emergency warning and response, and for their "minimis and contain the consequences of transboundary effects, taking account of different needs at different levels.
2. The industrial accident notification shall include the following: (a) the type and magnitud of the industrial accidents, the hazardous substances involved (if known), and the severity of its possible effects;
(b) the time of occurrence and exact location of the accident;
(c) such other available information as not cessary for an efficient response to the industrial accident.
3. The Industrial accident notification shall be supplemented at appropriate intervals, or whenever required, by further relevant information on the situation concerning transbondary effects 4. Regular texts and reviews of the effectiveness of the industrial accident notification shall be undertaken, including the regular training of the personal involved. Where appropriate, such tests, reviews and training shall be performed jointly.
Annex X MUTUAL assistance PURSUAN TO article 12 1. The overall direction, control, coordination and supervision of the assistance is the responsibility of the requesting Party. The personnel operations shall act involved in the assisting operation shall act in accordanc with the relevant law of the requesting Party. The appropriate authorities of the requesting Party shall cooperate with the authority designated by the assisting Party, pursuan to article 17, as being in charge of the immediate operational supervision of the personnel and the equipment provided by the assisting Party.
2. The requesting Party shall. To the exten of its capabilities, provide local facilities and services for the proper and effective administration of the assistance, and shall ensur the protection of personnel, equipment and materials into its territory be brough by or on behalf of, the assisting Party for such a purpose.
3. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Party concerned, assistance shall be provide at the expense of the requesting Party. The assisting Party may at any time wholly or partly in the waiv reimbursemen of Costa.
4. The requesting Party shall use its best efforts to afford to the assisting Party and persons acting on its behalf the privileges, or to facilities without immunit cessary for the performance of their of expeditio assistance function. The requesting Party shall not be required to apply this provision to its own nationals or permanent residents or to afford them and referred them to the immunit privilege above.
5 A Party shall, (a) the request of the requesting or assisting Party, endeavour to facilitat the transit through its territory of duly notified personnel, equipment and property involved in the assistance to and from the requesting Party.
6. The requesting Party shall facilitat the entry into, stay in and departure from its territory of duly notified personnel and nationals of equipment and property involved in the assistance.
7. With regard to acts resulting directly from the assistance provided, the requesting Party shall, in respect of the death of or injury to persons, damage to or loss of property, or damage to the environment caused within its territory in the course of the provision of the assistance requested, hold harmless and indemnify the assisting Party or persons acting on its behalf and compensat them for death or injury suffered by them and for loss of or damage to equipment or other property involved in the assistance. The requesting Party shall be responsible for dealing with claims by third parties against brough a Party of persons acting on its behalf.
8. The parties concerned shall cooperate closely in order to facilitat-the settlement of legal proceedings and claims which could result from assistance operations.
9. The United Party may request assistance relating to the medical treatment or the temporary relocation in the territory of another Party of persons involved in an accident.
10. The affected or requesting Party may any time, after appropriate consultation and by notification, request the termination of assistance received or provided under this Convention. Once such a request has been made, the parties concerned shall consult with a view to one another making arrangements for the proper termination of the assistance.
Annex XI Exchange OF INFORMATION article 15 PURSUAN TO Information shall include the following elements, which can also be the subject of bilateral cooperation and the multilaterals: (a) legislative and administrative measure, policies, objective and allocation for prevention, preparedness and response, scientific activities and technical measure to reduce the risk of industrial accidents from hazardous activities, including the mitigation of transboundary effects;
(b) measure and contingency plans at the appropriate level regimes by the other parties;
(c) the programme for monitoring, planning, research and development, including their implementation and surveillance;
(d) the measure taken regarding the prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial accidents;
(e) experience with industrial accidents and cooperation in response to industrial accidents with transboundary effects;
(f) the development and application of the best available technologies for improved environmental protection and safety;
(g) emergency preparedness and response;
(h) methods used for the prediction of risks, including criteria for the monitoring and assessment of transboundary effects.
Annex XII tasks FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE TO article 18 PURSUAN, PARAGRAPH 4 1. Information and data collection and dissemination: (a) the establishment and operation of an industrial accident notification system that can provide information on industrial accidents and on experts, in order to involv the experts as rapidly as possible in providing assistance;
(b) the establishment and operation of a data bank for the reception, processing and distribution of information on industrial accidents not cessary, including their effects, and also on the "applied and their effectiveness;
(c) the elaborations and maintenance of a list of hazardous substances, including their relevant characteristics, and of information on how to deal with those in the event of an industrial accident;
(d) establishment and maintenance of a register of experts to provide consultative and other kind of assistance regarding preventive, preparedness and response measure, including restoration measure;
(e) the maintenance of a list of hazardous activities;
(f) production and maintenance of a list of hazardous substances covered by the provision of Annex I, part i. 2. Research, training and methodolog: (a) development and provision of models based on experience from industrial accidents, and scenarios for preventive, preparedness and response measure;
(b) promotion of education and training, organisation of international cooperation and promotion of the symposi in research and development.
3. Technical assistance: (a) fulfilmen of advisory functions aimed at strengthening the ability to apply preventive, preparedness and response measure;
(b) undertaking, at the request of a Party, of inspection of its hazardous activities and the provision of assistance in organizing national inspection of it according to the requirements of this Convention.
4. Assistance in the case of an emergency Provision, at the request of a Party, of assistance by, inter alia, by sending experts to the site of an industrial accident to provide consultative and other kind of assistance in response to the industrial accident.
Annex Xiii ARBITRATION 1. The Party or parties shall claiman notify the Secretariat that the parties have agreed to submit the dispute to arbitration pursuan to paragraph 2 of article 21 of this Convention. The notification shall state the subject-matter of arbitration and include, in particular, the articles of this Convention, the interpretation or application of which is at issue. The Secretariat shall forward the information received to all parties to this Convention.

2. The tribunal shall CAs consis of three members. Both the Party or parties claiman and the other Party or parties to the dispute, the arbitrator shall be an appoin and the arbitrator so appointed shall two designat by common agreement the third arbitrator, who shall be the President of the CAs tribunal. The latter shall not be a national of one of the parties to the dispute, nor have his or her usual place of residence in the territory of one of these parties, nor be employed by any of them, nor have to deal with the case in any other capacity.
3. If the President of the tribunal has not been designated CAs within two months of the appointment of the second arbitrator, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe shall, at the request of either party to the dispute, designat the President within a further two-month period.
4. If one of the parties to the dispute does not an appoin arbitrator within two months of the receipt of the request, the other party may so inform the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, who shall designat the President of the CAs tribunal within a further two-month period. Upon designation, the President of the CAs tribunal shall request the party which has not appointed an arbitrator to do so within two months. If it files to do so within that period, the President shall inform the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, who shall make this appointment within a further two-month period.
5. The tribunal shall render its decision CAs in accordanc with international law and in accordanc with the provision of this Convention.
6. Any provision the tribunal constituted under the CAs set out herein shall draw up its own rules of procedure.
7. The decision of the CAs tribunal, both on procedure and on substance, shall be taken by majority vote of its members.
8. The tribunal may take all appropriate measure to establish the facts.
9. The parties to the dispute shall facilitat the work of the tribunal and, in particular CAs shall, using all means at their disposal: (a) provide the tribunal with all relevant documents, facilities and information;
(b) enable the tribunal, where not, to call witness or cessary experts underachieve their evidence.
10. The parties to the dispute and the arbitrator shall protect the confidentiality of any information the they receive in confidence during the proceedings of the CAs tribunal.
11. The CAs tribunal may, at the request of one of the parties, recommend interim measure of protection.
12. If one of the parties to the dispute does not appear before the tribunal or CAs file to defend its case, the other party may request the tribunal to continue the proceedings and to render its final decision. Absence of a party or failure of a party to defend its case shall not constitut a bar to the proceedings.
13. The CAs tribunal may hear and determin counter-claims arising directly out of the subject-matter of the dispute.
14. Unless the tribunal otherwise determin the CAs because of the particular of the case of circumstanc, the expense of the tribunal, including the remuneration of its members, shall be borne equally by the parties to the dispute. The tribunal shall keep a record of all its expense and shall furnish a final statement thereof to the parties to the dispute.
15. Any Party to this Convention which has an interest of a legal nature in the subject-matter of the dispute which may be affected and by a decision in the case, may interven in the proceedings with the consent of the tribunal.
16. The CAs tribunal shall render its award within five months of the date on which it is established unless it finds it does not extend the cessary to time-limit for a period which should not five months exceeds 100.
17. The award of the CAs tribunal shall be accompanied by a statement of reasons. It shall be final and binding upon all parties to the dispute. The award will be transmitted by the CAs tribunal to the parties to the dispute and to the Secretariat. The secretariat will forward the information received to all parties to this Convention.
18. Any dispute which may «arise between the parties concerning the interpretation or execution of the award may be submitted by either party to the CAs tribunal which made the award or, if the latter cannot be seized thereof, to another tribunal constituted for this purpose in the same manner as the first.
Convention on the transboundary effects of industrial accidents of the preamble, the parties to this Convention, understanding the special importance of this and future generations is in the interest of the people and the environment against the effects of industrial accidents, recognizing the serious industrial accidents adverse effects on people and the environment, the importance and urgency to support all measures which stimulate reasonable, economically targeted and effective accident prevention, avārijgatavīb and disaster relief funds to achieve environmentally sound and sustainable economic development given that the industrial accidents adverse effects can be felt across borders and requires cooperation between the countries, confirming the need to encourage the States concerned to active international cooperation prior to the crash, during and after the emergency to expand appropriate policy, as well as activate and coordinate action at all appropriate levels and thus contribute to the transboundary effects of industrial accidents prevention, preparedness and consequence management, considering how important and useful it is bilateral and multilateral agreements designed to prevent industrial accidents, ensure the readiness of them and eliminate their effects, while being aware of the importance in this area by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), and including, recalling the ECE code of conduct emergency created transboundary pollution of inland waters and the Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context, taking into account the security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference, the final act and of the representatives of the Member States of the OSCE, the Vienna final document meeting the relevant principles and results that gave the Member States OSCE Sofia deliberations on the protection of the environment, as well as relevant activities and mechanisms provided for in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in particular the APELL programme, International Labour Organization (ILO), in particular the major industrial accident prevention code, and other relevant international programmes, subject to the relevant provisions, which fixed the United Nations Conference on the human environment in the Declaration, in particular principle 21. which countries in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control did not harm the environment in other States or in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, taking into account the "polluter pays" principle of international environmental law as general principles, emphasizing international law and customary principles such as good neighbourly relations, reciprocity, non-discrimination and loyalty, agreed as follows: article 1 definitions for the purposes of this Convention: (a) "industrial accident" means an event resulting from any due to an uncontrolled development in the course of any activity involving hazardous substances, as well as;
(i) the industrial object, such as the production, use, storage, handling or disposal; or (ii) during transportation in so far as it referred to article 2, paragraph 2 (d);
(b) "hazardous activity" means any activity, which is used or can be used for one or more dangerous substances in quantities corresponding to those specified in annex 1 to the Convention the maximum quantities or in excess of, and capable of causing transboundary effects;
(c) ' effects ' means an industrial accident any direct or indirect, immediate or after some time experiencing harmful effects, including: (i) human beings, flora and fauna;
(ii) soil, water, air and landscape;
(iii) in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) the specified factors;
(iv) material values and cultural heritage, including historical monuments;
(d) ' transboundary effects ' means serious side of jurisdiction an industrial accident occurred following exposure to the jurisdiction of the other party;
(e) "operator" means any natural or legal person, including public authorities, responsible of the activity, e.g. supervising, planning, or implementation;
(f) "party" means, unless the text indicates, a Contracting Party to this Convention;
(g) "party of origin" means any party or parties under whose jurisdiction an industrial accident occurs or is capable of occurring;
(h) ' affected Party ' means any party or parties affected or capable of being affected by transboundary effects of an industrial accident;
(i) "interested party" means any party of origin and any affected party;
(j) "the public" means one or more natural or legal persons.
Article 2 the scope of the Convention

1. this Convention is applicable, in order to prevent industrial accidents, including accidents caused by natural disasters with potential transboundary effects, prepare for them and eliminate their consequences, as well as in international cooperation concerning mutual assistance, research and development, exchange of information and technology for the prevention of industrial accidents, avārijgatavīb and relief.
2. this Convention shall not apply to: (a) nuclear or radioactive poisoning related emergencies;
(b) accidents caused by activities in military facilities.
(c) dam failures, with the exception of the following damage caused by the effects of industrial accidents;
(d) land transport accidents, except: (i) emergency response to such accidents;
(ii) transport operations on the site of the hazardous activity;
(e) genetically modified organisms incidental;
(f) accidents caused by activities in the marine environment, including marine reconnaissance or dzelmj;
(g) oil or other harmful substances at sea.
Article 3 General provisions 1. the Parties shall, taking into account the national and international level already devoted efforts, take appropriate measures and cooperate within the framework of this Convention, to protect human beings and the environment against industrial accidents by preventing such accidents as far as possible, by reducing their frequency and severity and reducing their exposure. To this end, the implementation of measures for the prevention of, preparedness for accidents and their consequences, including restoration measures.
2. the parties, exchange of information, consultation and other joint activities, without undue delay, develop and implement policies and strategies for reducing the risks of industrial accidents and protection, avārijgatavīb and relief to improving measures, including restoration measures, and taking into account the national and international level already devoted efforts to avoid unnecessary duplication.
3. the Parties shall ensure that the operator takes all measures necessary for the safe operation of hazardous and protection from industrial accidents.
4. in order to implement the provisions of this Convention, the Parties shall take appropriate legislative, regulatory, administrative and financial measures for the prevention of accidents, ensure the readiness of them and eliminate their consequences.
5. the principles of the Convention do not conflict with any of the parties ' undertaking entered into under international law, industrial accidents and hazardous activities.
Article 4 identification, consultation and advice 1. In taking preventive measures and setting up preparedness measures, the party of origin system shall endeavour to identify hazardous activities within their jurisdiction and to ensure that affected parties are notified of any such proposed or existing activity.
2. the interested parties at the initiative of any such party, negotiations, determining the types of hazardous activities, which is believed capable of causing transboundary effects. If the interested parties do not agree on whether the activity is such a hazardous activity, any such party, unless the parties concerned agree on another mode of settlement to this question, in accordance with Annex 2 of this Convention, the provisions may submit a request to the Commission on this issue, to get recommendations.
3. the proposed or existing hazardous activities the Parties shall apply the procedures set out in annex 3 to this Convention.
4. where hazardous activities should be assessed for environmental impacts under the Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context and that assessment includes pursuant to the provisions of this Convention to perform dangerous activities lead to transboundary effects of industrial accidents analysis, final decision that is taken in implementation of the Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context, must meet the relevant requirements of this Convention.
Article 5 voluntary extension parties concerned at the initiative of any of them, nor discussed the question whether any of the activities that are not included in annex 1, is not considered dangerous. By mutual agreement, the parties may use any consultative mechanism of their choice, or request the Commission, in accordance with Annex 2. If the parties concerned so agree, this Convention, or any part thereof, shall apply to the activity in question, as if it were a hazardous activity.
Article 6 prevention 1. the Parties shall take appropriate measures to prevent industrial accidents, including measures which forces operators to operate it, to reduce the risk of industrial accidents. Such measures may be those defined in annex 4 of this Convention, but not the only ones.
2. any dangerous activity, the party of origin shall require the operator to demonstrate the safe performance of the hazardous activity by the provision of information such as, for example, on the main components of the process, including those provided for in annex 5 of the Convention, the analysis and assessment, but not limited to it.
Article 7 deployment decisions in the party of origin, to minimize the risk to all parties affected by the population and the environment, within the framework of their legal systems, take the measures when you create policy object of new hazardous activities and the deployment of a substantial modification of existing objects. Affected parties within the framework of their legal systems creates a policy to territories may cover dangerous activities caused by the transboundary effects of industrial accidents, to take significant measures with this action to reduce risks to a minimum. Designing and creating such a policy, parties to this Convention, the appearance of annex 5, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1-8 and set out in annex 6.
Article 8 emergency preparedness 1. the Parties shall take appropriate measures to achieve and maintain adequate emergency preparedness for and response to industrial accidents. The Parties shall ensure that the measures be drawn up following the crash to reduce transboundary effects, and site selection in the obligations assumed by operators. These measures may include those set out in annex 7 to this Convention, but not be limited to them. In addition, the parties concerned shall inform each other of their plans of action in the event of emergency.
2. The Party of origin shall ensure that the preparation and implementation of action plans for emergencies instead of hazardous activities, including appropriate response measures, as well as other measures to prevent and minimise transboundary effects. The party of origin shall provide to the other parties concerned with the data that are required for developing action plans for emergencies.
3. Each Party shall ensure the preparation and implementation of action plans for emergencies outside the site of the hazardous activities, providing for measures to be taken within its territory to avoid or minimise transboundary effects. Developing such plans, account is taken of the results of the analysis and assessment, in particular paragraph 2 of annex 5 1.-5. specified in point. If necessary, jointly being developed action plans for emergencies outside the place of hazardous activities, in order to facilitate appropriate response measures.
4. the action plan for emergencies should be adjusted regularly, or when circumstances so require, taking into account the experience gained in emergency relief.
Article 9 public information and public participation in 1. the Parties shall ensure that the areas which may be affected by accidents caused by dangerous activities, the public should be informed accordingly. This information is passed through the channels that interested parties consider appropriate, and must contain the elements specified in annex 8 to this Convention, and should also take into account the issues identified in paragraph 2 of annex 5, 1-4 and 9 above.
2. The Party of origin in accordance with the provisions of this Convention and whenever it is possible and necessary, areas that can be affected, giving the public the opportunity to participate in the process concerned to express their views and interests on measures designed to prevent accidents and ensure readiness for them, as well as ensure that affected parties are given the opportunity to the public would be equivalent to the public of the party of origin.
3. the Parties shall, in accordance with their legal systems and, if desired, on a reciprocity basis provide natural or legal persons that are in the territory of either party feels, or may experience adverse transboundary effects of industrial accidents, with access to relevant administrative and judicial procedures, and the possibility of its use, including the ability to propose a trial and appeal in connection with a decision affecting their rights, equivalent to the options available in their own jurisdiction.
Article 10 industrial accident notification systems 1. the Parties shall ensure a compatible and efficient accident notification systems and appropriate levels of service to receive and pass on messages about industrial accidents, including the information needed to counteract transboundary effects.

2. in the event of an imminent danger effected or industrial accident that has or can have transboundary effects, the party of origin shall ensure that affected parties are appropriate levels with the industrial accident notification systems shall forthwith be notified. Such information should include the 9 of this Convention. the particulars referred to in the annex.
3. The parties concerned shall ensure that an industrial accident or imminent threat as soon as possible and according to the circumstances of the initial emergency, in accordance with article 8 of the implementation plan.
Article 11 emergency relief 1. Industrial accident or imminent threat thereof in the event the Parties shall ensure as soon as possible and by the most effective methods are appropriate to limit exposure to retaliation or reduced to a minimum.
2. In the case of an imminent danger or industrial accident that has or can have transboundary effects, the parties concerned shall ensure that the effects are, if necessary, a joint assessment to use appropriate emergency relief measures. Interested parties shall endeavour to coordinate their emergency relief measures.
Article 12 mutual assistance 1. In the event of an industrial accident, if either party needed help, it may request the other party, specifying the amount and type of assistance. The Party expressed a request for assistance, shall take a decision without delay and shall inform the applicant party of it, or it can provide the help you need, as well as to indicate possible assistance and the conditions.
2. interested parties shall cooperate with a view to according to paragraph 1 of this article shall facilitate immediate coordinated assistance, including, where appropriate, measures aimed at minimising the consequences of an industrial accident and exposure, as well as providing general assistance. If the parties do not have bilateral or multilateral agreements, which provided for the mutual assistance, such assistance is provided in accordance with annex 10 of the Convention, if the parties have not agreed on anything else.
Article 13 responsibility and obligations of the parties support the efforts of the relevant international rules, criteria and procedures for the development of responsibility and obligations.
Article 14 research and development the parties as required coming up with proposals and cooperate in carrying out studies and developing methods and technologies which enable to prevent industrial accidents, ensure the readiness of them and eliminate their consequences. To this end, the Parties shall encourage and develop scientific and technological cooperation, including research into less hazardous processes associated with accidents and limit the dangers of industrial accidents and to reduce the consequences.
Article 15 the parties to exchange information at the multilateral or bilateral level the Exchange with reasonable limits available information that includes 11 of this Convention. the data referred to in the annex.
Article 16 exchange of technology, 1. the parties, in accordance with its laws, regulations and practices, facilitate the exchange of technology for the prevention of, preparedness for and ensure the Elimination of their consequences, in particular by supporting: (a) exchange of available technology on various financial bases;
(b) direct industrial contacts and cooperation;
(c) the exchange of information and experience;
(d) the provision of technical assistance.
2. Contributing to the paragraph 1 of this article, (a) – (d) these steps with your support creates favourable conditions for both the private and public sector organisations and individual contacts, possibly with technology projects and engineering, equipment or finance.
Article 17 Authorized bodies and contact points in each half for the purpose of this Convention, designate or establish one or more competent authorities.
2. Do not touch the other bilateral or multilateral level reached agreement, each Party shall designate or establish one point of contact for accident notification under article 10, and one point of contact for the purpose of mutual assistance pursuant to article 12. Ideally, these features make the same connection point.
3. Each Party shall, within three months after the entry into force of the Convention to article 20, the Secretariat referred to inform the other parties of any institution or any institution of the party named as the contact point (s) and as its competent authority or authorities.
4. each Party shall, through the Secretariat, within one month of adopting its decision, inform the other parties of any change of the institution in which it made a nomination under paragraph 3 of this article.
5. Each Party shall, in accordance with article 10. ensure continuous operation of the communications and the industrial accident notification systems.
6. each Party shall ensure that a continuous function and its communication authority which, in accordance with article 12 of the reply on the sending and receiving of requests and proposals for assistance.
Article 18 the Conference of the parties 1. The representatives of the Parties shall constitute the Conference of the parties of this Convention and hold their regular consultations. The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall be held not later than one year after the entry into force of this Convention. Further discussions of the Conference of the Parties shall be held at least once a year or at the written request of any party provided that, within six months after the secretariat will notice them this request, it will support at least a third of the parties.
2. The Conference of the parties: (a) review the implementation of this Convention;
(b) carry out advisory functions aimed at strengthening the ability of Parties to prevent industrial accidents, ensure the readiness of them and eliminate their transboundary effects, and to promote technical assistance and advice at the request of parties in whose territory the industrial accident occurred;
(c) establish, as appropriate, working groups and other appropriate mechanisms whose task is to review the implementation of this Convention and related issues of development, and to this end to prepare appropriate studies and other documentation and to submit recommendations for consideration by the Conference of the parties;
(d) carry out such other functions which satisfy the provisions of this Convention;
(e) at their first meeting, consider and by consensus adopt rules of procedure.
3. The Conference of the parties, in discharging its functions, shall when it deems appropriate, also cooperate with other relevant international organisations.
4. The Conference of the Parties shall, at its first meeting determine the work programme, particularly in view of the points contained in annex 12 of this Convention. The Conference of the parties also adopted a decision on working methods, including the use of national centres and cooperation with the international organisations concerned, and a system to facilitate the implementation of the Convention, especially mutual assistance in the event of an industrial accident, and taking into account related activities carried out under the framework of international organizations. As part of the programme of work of the Conference of the Parties shall review the existing national, regional and international centres, as well as other institutions and programmes, the aim of which is to coordinate activities and information efforts in the prevention of industrial accidents and their effects ready relief in order to determine what additional international institutions or centres may be necessary 12. the tasks referred to in the annex.
5. the members of the Conference of the parties at their first meeting, commence consideration of procedures to create more favourable conditions for the exchange of technology to help prevent industrial accidents, ensure the readiness of them and eliminate their effects.
6. The Conference of the Parties shall adopt guidelines and criteria to facilitate the identification of hazardous activities for the purposes of this Convention.
Article 19 right to vote 1. Withdrawn, as provided for in paragraph 2 of this article, each party to this Convention shall have one vote.
2. regional economic integration organizations specified in article 27, shall exercise their right to vote in matters within their competence, and these organizations have a number of votes of the Member States are parties to this Convention. Such organizations shall lose its right to vote if their Member States exercise theirs, and vice versa.
Article 20 Secretariat the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe shall carry out the following secretariat functions: (a) convene and prepare meetings of the parties;
(b) the transmission to the parties of reports and other information received in accordance with the provisions of this Convention;
(c) exercise such other functions that may be determined by the parties.
Article 21 settlement of disputes 1. If between two or more parties a dispute arises concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, they shall seek a solution of the dispute by negotiation or by any other method of dispute settlement acceptable to the parties to the dispute.
2. When signing, ratifying, accepting and confirming or acceding to this Convention, or at any time after any party may notify the depositary that, in respect of a dispute that is not adjusted according to paragraph 1 of this article, it accepts one or both of the following means of dispute settlement as compulsory in any party, which bears the same obligation: (a) submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice;
(b) arbitration in accordance with the procedures set out in annex XIII hereto.

3. If the parties to the dispute have accepted both in paragraph 2 of this article, these methods of dispute settlement, the dispute may be transferred only to the International Court of Justice, unless the parties agree on something else.
Article 22 restrictions on the provision of information in 1. The provisions of this Convention shall not affect the parties ' from national laws, regulations, administrative provisions or accepted legal practices and applicable international regulations consequential to the right or obligation to protect information related to personal data, industrial and commercial secrecy, including intellectual property, or national security.
2. If a party nevertheless decides to supply such protected information to another party, the party that won such protected information shall respect the confidentiality of the information obtained and the conditions under which it is supplied, and shall only use that information for the purposes for which it was provided.
Article 23 of the Convention, the Parties shall report periodically on the implementation of this Convention.
Article 24 bilateral and multilateral agreements 1. Parties to the Convention to comply with their obligations may continue existing or enter into new bilateral or multilateral agreements or other arrangements.
2. This Convention shall not affect the right of parties, if necessary, on a bilateral or multilateral agreement, to take more stringent measures than those provided for in this Convention.
Article 25 status of annexes the annexes to this Convention form an integral part of the Convention.
Article 26 amendments to the Convention 1. Any party may propose amendments to this Convention.
2. any proposed amendment to this Convention text is submitted in writing to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, who shall communicate them to all parties. The Conference of the Parties shall discuss proposed amendments at its current annual meeting provided that the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe has sent these proposals to the parties at least 90 days before the meeting.
3. for amendments to this Convention-other than Annex 1 amendments to the procedure described in paragraph 4 of this article: (a) the amendments are adopted by consensus of the Parties present at the meeting, and the depositary shall submit it to all parties for ratification, acceptance or approval;
(b) documents for amendment ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the depositary. Amendments adopted in accordance with this article, the Parties adopted the amendment shall enter into force on the 90th day after the date of its receipt by the depositary of documents of the sixteenth ratification, acceptance or approval;
(c) the later amendments shall enter into force for any other party on the 90th day after that party has deposited its instrument of ratification of the amendment, acceptance or approval.
4. amendment of annex 1 must comply: (a) the parties devoted all efforts to reach agreement by consensus. If unanimous agreement of all features are used and no agreement has been reached, then as a last resort is the adoption of the amendment by a majority vote, subject to the nine tenths of the Parties present and voting at the meeting. The amendments adopted by the Conference of the parties, are sent to the parties and recommended for approval;
(b) twelve months after the date on which the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe it is sent, 1. amendments to the annex shall enter into force for those parties to this Convention which have not submitted a notification in accordance with paragraph (c) of paragraph 4 the principles, provided that such notification is not submitted at least sixteen;
(c) any party that is unable to approve an amendment to annex I of this Convention shall so notify in writing to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe during the twelve months following the date of receipt of the notification of acceptance of the amendment. The Executive Secretary shall without delay notify all parties of any such notification received. Any party may, at any time, to accept the amendment, refusing from its previous submissions, and after the amendment of annex I shall enter into force for that party;
(d) for the purposes of this paragraph ' parties that participated in the deliberations and voting "means Parties that participated in the deliberations and voting for or against.
Article 27 signature This Convention is open for signature from 1992 to March 17 to 18 inclusive, and then the United Nations by the central authorities in New York in 1992 to 18 September, the European countries, members of the Commission, as well as the States which, in accordance with economic and Social Council on 28 March 1947-36. (IV) paragraph 8 of the resolution is a consultative status in the Economic Commission for Europe, and regional economic integration organizations created by the sovereign States: a member of the Economic Commission for Europe and which the Member States have transferred powers in the matters governed by this Convention, including the authority to enter into contracts relating to these issues.
Article 28 depositary the depositary of this Convention is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 29 ratification, acceptance, approval and accession 1 this Convention ratificējam, acceptable or approval referred to in article 27 of the countries and regional economic integration organizations that have signed it.
2. this Convention shall be added to article 27 of the said countries and organizations.
3. Any organization referred to in article 27 which becomes a party to this Convention, and, if none of the Member States of that organisation is not a party to this Convention, to assume all the obligations laid down in this Convention. In the case where one or more Member States of such organisation is a party to this Convention, the Organization and its Member States shall decide on their respective responsibilities under this Convention related obligations. In such cases, the Organization and its Member States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under this Convention concurrently.
4. In their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, regional economic integration organizations referred to in article 27, shall notify, within their competences, issues covered by this Convention.
Article 30 entry into force 1 this Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day after the date on which possession of the deposit of the 16th instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
2. Paragraph 1 of this article, the purpose, any instrument deposited by an article 27 referred the organisation shall not be counted as supporting document for documents deposited by Member States of such organisation.
3. Any State referred to in article 27 of the State or organization which ratifies, accepts or approves this Convention or accedes thereto after the deposit of the 16th instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, this Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day after the date on which that State or organization has deposited its instrument of its document of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Article 31 withdrawal 1. At any time three years after the entry into force of this Convention for a party, that party may withdraw from the Convention by sending written notification to the depositary. Any such withdrawal shall take effect on the 90th day after the date of receipt of notification by the depositary.
2. Any such withdrawal shall not affect the application of article 4, which has been the subject of a notification under article 4, paragraph 1, or a request submitted to hold consultations in accordance with article 4, paragraph 2.
Article 32 authentic texts the original of this Convention, of which the English, Russian and French texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Annex 1: hazardous substance hazardous activity for the determination of the quantities given below relate to each activity or group of activities. If the range is given in part I, the threshold is specified in each range maximum quantities. Five years after the entry into force of this Convention in each range the specified minimum quantity, if it does not change, becomes the maximum quantity.
If the substance or a product that specifically named in part II also falls within a category in part I, in that it is used in part II the maximum quantity.
To identify hazardous activities, Parties shall take into account the increase in the alleged possibility of danger, as well as the quantities of hazardous substances and their proximity, regardless of whether they are located in one or more operators.
(I) substances and products that are not specific to the class named in the category part II the maximum quantity (tonnes) 1. Flammable gases (1a), including LPG 200 2. Flammable liquids (l b) 50 000 3. Very toxic substances (1 c) 20 4. Toxic substances (1 d) 500-200 5. Substances which are powerful oxidizers (1e) 500-200 6. Explosive substances (1f) 200-50 7. Flammable liquids (1 g) (treatment of specific pressure or temperature) 200 8. Environmentally hazardous substances (1 h) 200 part II certain substances substance
Maximum quantity (tonnes) ammonia 1 500 2. (a) ammonium nitrate 2/2500 (b) ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the form of 3/10 000 3. Acrylonitrile 200 4. Chlorine 25 5. Ethylene oxide 50 6. Hydrogen cyanide hydrogen fluoride 50 20 7.

8. Hydrogen sulfide 50 9.250 10. Sulphur dioxide sulphur trioxide 75 11. Lead Alkyls. 13.50 12 0.75 Metilizocianāt phosgene is 0.15 notes (1) Indicative criteria. In the absence of other appropriate criteria, parties, classifying substances or products part I purposes, you can use the following criteria: (a) flammable gases: substances which are gaseous at normal pressure and mixed with air become flammable and the boiling point of which at normal pressure is 20 ° C or lower;
(b) highly flammable liquids: substances which have a flash point lower than 21 ° C, but the normal boiling temperature pressure exceeds 20 ° C; (c) very toxic: substances whose properties correspond to table 1 or 2 in the properties and its physical and chemical properties capable of creating industrial accident hazards.
table 1 LD50 (oral exposure) (1) LD50 (skin exposure) (2) LC50 (inhalatīv effect) (3) mg/kg body weight in mg/kg body weight LD50 mg/l LC50 LD50 ² ² ² 25 50 0.5 (1) LD50 oral exposure of rats.


(2) the LD50 for rat or rabbit skin.


(3) the LC50 (inhalation) inhalatīv (four hours) to rats.


table 2-specific dose mg/kg body weight in cases where the substance < 5 toxicity oral exposure to animals, determined by the fixed dose method;
(d) toxic substances: substances whose properties correspond to table 3 or 4, the characteristics and the physical and chemical properties capable of creating industrial accident hazards.
table 3 LD50 (oral exposure) (1) LD50 (skin exposure) (2) LC50 mg/l (inhalatīv mg/kg body weight in mg/kg body weight effects) (3) 25 200 50 LD50 LD50 ² ² < < 400 0.5 2 (1) ² < LC50 LD50 oral exposure of rats.


(2) the LD50 rat or rabbit on the skin.


(3) LC50 inhalatīv effects (four hours) to rats.


table 4 Typical dose mg/kg body weight = 5 where the substance of the oral toxicity effects to animals determined by the fixed dose method.
(e) substances which are strong oxidizing: substances which, in interaction with other substances, particularly flammable, cause rapid exothermic reaction;
(f) EXPLOSIVE: substances which may explode under the effect of flame or which are more sensitive to impact and friction than dinitrobenzene;
(g) flammable liquids: substances for which a flash point lower than 55 ° C and which remain liquid under pressure, where particular regard the process conditions, such as high pressure and high temperature, may create industrial accident hazards;
(h) DANGEROUS for the environment: substances which the water's high toxicity, which corresponds to 5. indicators in the table.
table 5 LC50 EC50 (1) (2) (3) IC50 mg/l mg/l mg/l LC50 EC50 ² ² ² IC50 10 10 10 (1) exposure to the LC50 fish (96 hours).


(2) EC50 for Daphnia (48 hours).


(3) IC50 for algae (72 hours), where the substance can not easily decompose, or when the log Pow > 3.0 (provided that the experimentally determined BCF